Mr. Wonderful

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Mr. Wonderful

musical by Bock and Weiss

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Sammy Davis, Jr.
Success on Broadway and joining the Rat Pack
…was successful on Broadway in Mr. Wonderful (1956) and in a 1964 revival of Clifford Odets’s Golden Boy, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for best actor in a musical. His many films include the musicals Porgy and Bess (1959) and Sweet Charity (1969).
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…was successful on Broadway in Mr. Wonderful (1956) and in a 1964 revival of Clifford Odets’s Golden Boy, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for best actor in a musical. His many films include the musicals Porgy and Bess (1959) and Sweet Charity (1969).
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Jerry Bock
…of Shows and the musical Mr. Wonderful (1956). With the composer-lyricist Sheldon Harnick he had his greatest successes: Fiorello! (1959, Pulitzer Prize) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). Bock and Harnick’s other musicals included The Body Beautiful (1958), Tenderloin (1960), the
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…of Shows and the musical Mr. Wonderful (1956). With the composer-lyricist Sheldon Harnick he had his greatest successes: Fiorello! (1959, Pulitzer Prize) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). Bock and Harnick’s other musicals included The Body Beautiful (1958), Tenderloin (1960), the
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